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Revolutionary Web Browser Lets you Lead a Smarter Life When you get a HAT

posted by martyb on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the safe-data-practices dept.

AnonTechie writes:

RUMPEL, a ground-breaking hyperdata web browser that makes it simpler for people to access and use online data about themselves, is being rolled out to the public this month.

RUMPEL gives users the ability to browse their very own private and secure 'personal data wardrobe' -- called a HAT (Hub-of-all-Things) -- which collates data about them held on the internet (eg on social media, calendars and their own smartphones, with the possibility of also including shopping, financial and other personal data) and allows them to control, combine and share it in whatever way they wish.

Launched in June 2013, HAT [PDF] will create the first ever Multi-sided Market Technology Platform for the home, allowing individuals to trade their personal data for personalised products and services in the future.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160727111929.htm

Is this yet another crack in the wall of privacy ?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @02:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @02:52PM (#381209)

    It is a product for marketers, they're just trying to spin it as a product for users... The idea is to get even more detailed info about users by having them willingly gather their data in one place.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @04:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @04:26PM (#381242)

    maybe. depends on the funding. without knowing more, it, like pokeGo, could be acting as a conceptual worm to teach you more about what's missing from your button pushing demographic. MyHatOS. now with password-manager!